Guys...both of you, all of us: could we please TRY not to be so fracking infatuated and depressed all at once? And if you have to, why here? That's the part I don't get. I take my personal problems elsewhere, and you guys should be damn thankful for that.

Your smileys are giving me a headache, dks. Makes me wish Thilo had never activated them in the first place. Luckily you don't care what I say anyway, so I can state without qualms that it would probably be a futile thing to ask you to take a moment to think about the meaning of restraint.

Look. I normally don't use the smileys that much--I was just happy he was back, is all. I don't think emoting a bit is a bad thing. I don't splay out my life on here--none of us do--we all go off on tangents at times--that's ok. No one is on a couch while typing out their fantasies about sex with knomes or anything.

For you, sir, I will try to temper myself.

Sorry.

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the Truth of Imagination."

Guys...both of you, all of us: could we please TRY not to be so fracking infatuated and depressed all at once? And if you have to, why here? That's the part I don't get. I take my personal problems elsewhere, and you guys should be damn thankful for that.

Your smileys are giving me a headache, dks. Makes me wish Thilo had never activated them in the first place. Luckily you don't care what I say anyway, so I can state without qualms that it would probably be a futile thing to ask you to take a moment to think about the meaning of restraint.

"Meum cerebrum nocet."

Now I finally understand you Despondence.

I wish you had been clearer a long time ago and said this straight out.

I was unaware you had problems with this site and presumably my running of it by the sounds of things - how was I to know unless you had told me?

I hope I'm not some unapproachable deity whom no-one can challenge. The floor is yours. I even offered you a moderating post once. We could have worked together on this but you chose not to.

This site is very much a democracy I hope.
I have given ample space and encouragement for free speech. I have never deleted or edited any posts by genuine members in the time I have been administrator.

I like to think I have been very fair and judicious in my running of the site.
Perhaps I lack have the restraint you have but everyone is different and express themselves in different ways.

I was unaware you had problems with this site and presumably my running of it by the sounds of things - how was I to know unless you had told me?

I hope I'm not some unapproachable deity whom no-one can challenge. The floor is yours. I even offered you a moderating post once. We could have worked together on this but you chose not to.

This site is very much a democracy I hope. I have given ample space and encouragement for free speech. I have never deleted or edited any posts by genuine members in the time I have been administrator.

I like to think I have been very fair and judicious in my running of the site.Perhaps I lack have the restraint you have but everyone is different and express themselves in different ways.

Blimey. Look, I'm in the dark here, honestly.

You seem to say that you have "finally understood" something about me. For the life of me I can't figure out what, which renders the rest of your talk just as undecipherable to me.

As to smileys, even I voted for the damn things in your poll. Like everything else that is given, it's up to people not to abuse it. That's all I'm saying.

As to expressing my opinion, I have tried to do that on a few occasions where I felt the need to dissent. I think I was pretty much ignored. But I don't try to make policy, I'm not pushing an agenda, so it may be that my remarks were just not taken seriously because I didn't sound angry when I made them.

Why do you feel the need to defend yourself as administrator? I never criticised your handling of the job. I think you have some personal issues that might be better suited for other places (I even gave you a hint).

Well, anyway. I'm glad to see you recovered quickly from your dip into the sea of qualms. Perhaps I even helped in a way, by providing you all with a common object of despise. That's fine, I am resigned to this. I don't need to be liked; my self-respect is more important to me than being liked. I am sorry though that I am so incompatible with the rest of you, but that's my problem.